The Golden Comment

Highest Fan Score: positive comments per 1,000 across the season.

This season’s winner
Kennesaw State
Owls · C-USA · 10–4
874.3
Fan Score
Every fanbase on this metric

Full standings

Rank
Team
Fan Score
1
Kennesaw State
C-USA · 10–4
874.3
2
Navy
American · 11–2
862
3
Tulsa
American · 4–8
839
4
New Mexico
Mountain West · 9–4
836.1
5
FIU
C-USA · 7–6
829.6
6
WKU
C-USA · 9–4
822.2
7
Wake Forest
ACC · 9–4
803.4
8
Central Michigan
MAC · 7–6
803.3
9
Bowling Green
MAC · 4–8
782.6
10
Missouri State
C-USA · 7–6
782.6
11
Utah State
Mountain West · 6–7
782.3
12
Troy
Sun Belt · 8–6
779.1
13
North Texas
American · 12–2
775.7
14
East Carolina
American · 9–4
771.6
15
Ohio
MAC · 9–4
768.5
16
Western Michigan
MAC · 10–4
765.4
17
Old Dominion
Sun Belt · 10–3
755.5
18
Hawaii
Mountain West · 9–4
753.9
19
Marshall
Sun Belt · 5–7
751.3
20
Virginia
ACC · 11–3
749.3
21
Army
American · 7–6
745.9
22
Indiana
Big Ten · 16–0
739.4
23
Temple
American · 5–7
738.9
24
North Dakota State
FCS · 12–1
737.6
25
Southern Miss
Sun Belt · 7–6
736.4
26
New Mexico State
C-USA · 4–8
734
27
Texas Tech
Big 12 · 12–2
723.4
28
TCU
Big 12 · 9–4
719.8
29
Arkansas State
Sun Belt · 7–6
717.8
30
Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt · 6–7
710.3
31
Texas State
Sun Belt · 7–6
707.8
32
Memphis
American · 8–5
703.4
33
Tulane
American · 11–3
699.3
34
Duke
ACC · 9–5
695.1
35
James Madison
Sun Belt · 12–2
695
36
Louisiana
Sun Belt · 6–7
687.6
37
Houston
Big 12 · 10–3
683.2
38
SMU
ACC · 9–4
681.5
39
UTSA
American · 7–6
681
40
Georgia Southern
Sun Belt · 7–6
679.3
41
Northwestern
Big Ten · 7–6
671.4
42
Georgia Tech
ACC · 9–4
670.1
43
Georgia
SEC · 12–2
669.9
44
Delaware
C-USA · 7–6
664.1
45
Louisiana Tech
C-USA · 8–5
662
46
Ole Miss
SEC · 13–2
662
47
UCF
Big 12 · 5–7
656.2
48
Toledo
MAC · 8–5
655.2
49
UNLV
Mountain West · 10–4
644.1
50
Arizona
Big 12 · 9–4
640
51
Louisville
ACC · 9–4
630.3
52
Washington State
Pac-12 · 7–6
627.4
53
Appalachian State
Sun Belt · 5–8
627.3
54
Vanderbilt
SEC · 10–3
622.2
55
Air Force
Mountain West · 4–8
612.1
56
South Florida
American · 9–4
608.6
57
Baylor
Big 12 · 5–7
606.5
58
Middle Tennessee
C-USA · 3–9
603.7
59
Fresno State
Mountain West · 9–4
603.3
60
Iowa
Big Ten · 9–4
600.8
61
UAB
American · 4–8
600.8
62
Liberty
C-USA · 4–8
600.6
63
BYU
Big 12 · 12–2
595.6
64
Colorado
Big 12 · 3–9
595.4
65
Washington
Big Ten · 9–4
594.6
66
Sam Houston
C-USA · 2–10
592.7
67
UConn
Independent · 9–4
585
68
Ohio State
Big Ten · 12–2
584.8
69
Oregon State
Pac-12 · 2–10
582.9
70
Tennessee
SEC · 8–5
581.4
71
NC State
ACC · 8–5
579
72
Wyoming
Mountain West · 4–8
571.7
73
Mississippi State
SEC · 5–8
562.6
74
Utah
Big 12 · 11–2
559.4
75
Auburn
SEC · 5–7
554.1
76
Oregon
Big Ten · 13–2
551.2
77
Alabama
SEC · 11–4
548.3
78
Miami
ACC · 13–3
548.3
79
Notre Dame
Independent · 10–2
546.2
80
San Diego State
Mountain West · 9–4
545.5
81
Iowa State
Big 12 · 8–4
545
82
Missouri
SEC · 8–5
542.3
83
Texas A&M
SEC · 11–2
541.6
84
Purdue
Big Ten · 2–10
538.5
85
Stanford
ACC · 4–8
538.3
86
Cincinnati
Big 12 · 7–6
535.4
87
Illinois
Big Ten · 9–4
532.6
88
Oklahoma
SEC · 10–3
524.9
89
Kentucky
SEC · 5–7
522.4
90
Pittsburgh
ACC · 8–5
520.4
91
West Virginia
Big 12 · 4–8
515.8
92
USC
Big Ten · 9–4
511.6
93
Rutgers
Big Ten · 5–7
508.6
94
San Jose State
Mountain West · 3–9
507.4
95
Arizona State
Big 12 · 8–5
499.7
96
UTEP
C-USA · 2–10
498.8
97
Oklahoma State
Big 12 · 1–11
489.4
98
Clemson
ACC · 7–6
488.9
99
Boise State
Mountain West · 9–5
487.9
100
South Carolina
SEC · 4–8
482.8
101
UCLA
Big Ten · 3–9
476.4
102
Michigan
Big Ten · 9–4
472.1
103
Texas
SEC · 10–3
468.7
104
Florida
SEC · 4–8
467.5
105
Nebraska
Big Ten · 7–6
466
106
Boston College
ACC · 2–10
462
107
Michigan State
Big Ten · 4–8
457.8
108
Kansas
Big 12 · 5–7
440.9
109
Kansas State
Big 12 · 6–6
436.3
110
Colorado State
Mountain West · 2–10
431.7
111
LSU
SEC · 7–6
425.9
112
Penn State
Big Ten · 7–6
424.9
113
Virginia Tech
ACC · 3–9
405.6
114
Minnesota
Big Ten · 8–5
396.7
115
Florida State
ACC · 5–7
390.8
116
Syracuse
ACC · 3–9
386.7
117
North Carolina
ACC · 4–8
381.7
118
Arkansas
SEC · 2–10
331.6
119
Maryland
Big Ten · 4–8
326.5
120
Wisconsin
Big Ten · 4–8
281.5
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on this award
South Alabama
Sun Belt · 4–8
UMass
MAC · 0–12
Charlotte
American · 1–11
Rice
American · 5–8
Florida Atlantic
American · 4–8
Nevada
Mountain West · 3–9
Miami (Ohio)
MAC · 7–7
Northern Illinois
MAC · 3–9
Akron
MAC · 5–7
UL Monroe
Sun Belt · 3–9
Ball State
MAC · 4–8
Kent State
MAC · 5–7
Sacramento State
FCS · 7–5
California
ACC · 7–6
Jacksonville State
C-USA · 9–5
Buffalo
MAC · 5–7
Georgia State
Sun Belt · 1–11
Eastern Michigan
MAC · 4–8

120 of 138 fanbases rank on this metric; the rest are listed under the ranked set without a rank, never ranked last.

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